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90_HB1443
415 ILCS 20/3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7053
Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act to require
the Department of Central Management Services to implement
aluminum can recycling programs in all State buildings.
Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act
2 by changing Section 3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Solid Waste Management Act is
6 amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
7 (415 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7053)
8 Sec. 3. State agency materials recycling program.
9 (a) All State agencies responsible for the maintenance
10 of public lands in the State shall, to the maximum extent
11 feasible, give due consideration and preference to the use of
12 compost materials in all land maintenance activities which
13 are to be paid with public funds.
14 (b) The Department of Central Management Services, in
15 coordination with the Department of Commerce and Community
16 Affairs, shall implement waste reduction programs, including
17 source separation and collection, for office wastepaper,
18 corrugated containers, newsprint and mixed paper, in all
19 State buildings as appropriate and feasible. Such waste
20 reduction programs shall be designed to achieve waste
21 reductions of at least 25% of all such waste by December 31,
22 1995, and at least 50% of all such waste by December 31,
23 2000. Any source separation and collection program shall
24 include, at a minimum, procedures for collecting and storing
25 recyclable materials, bins or containers for storing
26 materials, and contractual or other arrangements with buyers
27 of recyclable materials. If market conditions so warrant,
28 the Department of Central Management Services, in
29 coordination with the Department of Commerce and Community
30 Affairs, may modify programs developed pursuant to this
31 Section.
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1 The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs shall
2 conduct waste categorization studies of all State facilities
3 for calendar years 1991, 1995 and 2000. Such studies shall
4 be designed to assist the Department of Central Management
5 Services to achieve the waste reduction goals established in
6 this subsection.
7 (c) Each State agency shall, upon consultation with the
8 Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, periodically
9 review its procurement procedures and specifications related
10 to the purchase of products or supplies. Such procedures and
11 specifications shall be modified as necessary to require the
12 procuring agency to seek out products and supplies that
13 contain recycled materials, and to ensure that purchased
14 products or supplies are reusable, durable or made from
15 recycled materials whenever economically and practically
16 feasible. In choosing among products or supplies that
17 contain recycled material, consideration shall be given to
18 products and supplies with the highest recycled material
19 content that is consistent with the effective and efficient
20 use of the product or supply.
21 (d) Wherever economically and practically feasible, the
22 Department of Central Management Services shall procure
23 recycled paper and paper products as follows:
24 (1) Beginning July 1, 1989, at least 10% of the
25 total dollar value of paper and paper products purchased
26 by the Department of Central Management Services shall be
27 recycled paper and paper products.
28 (2) Beginning July 1, 1992, at least 25% of the
29 total dollar value of paper and paper products purchased
30 by the Department of Central Management Services shall be
31 recycled paper and paper products.
32 (3) Beginning July 1, 1996, at least 40% of the
33 total dollar value of paper and paper products purchased
34 by the Department of Central Management Services shall be
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1 recycled paper and paper products.
2 (4) Beginning July 1, 2000, at least 50% of the
3 total dollar value of paper and paper products purchased
4 by the Department of Central Management Services shall be
5 recycled paper and paper products.
6 (e) Paper and paper products purchased from private
7 vendors pursuant to printing contracts are not considered
8 paper products for the purposes of subsection (d). However,
9 the Department of Central Management Services shall report to
10 the General Assembly on an annual basis the total dollar
11 value of printing contracts awarded to private sector vendors
12 that included the use of recycled paper.
13 (f)(1) Wherever economically and practically feasible,
14 the recycled paper and paper products referred to in
15 subsection (d) shall contain postconsumer or recovered
16 paper materials as specified by paper category in this
17 subsection:
18 (i) Recycled high grade printing and writing
19 paper shall contain at least 50% recovered paper
20 material. Such recovered paper material, until July
21 1, 1994, shall consist of at least 20% deinked stock
22 or postconsumer material; and beginning July 1,
23 1994, shall consist of at least 25% deinked stock or
24 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996,
25 shall consist of at least 30% deinked stock or
26 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1998,
27 shall consist of at least 40% deinked stock or
28 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 2000,
29 shall consist of at least 50% deinked stock or
30 postconsumer material.
31 (ii) Recycled tissue products, until July 1,
32 1994, shall contain at least 25% postconsumer
33 material; and beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain
34 at least 30% postconsumer material; and beginning
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1 July 1, 1996, shall contain at least 35%
2 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1998,
3 shall contain at least 40% postconsumer material;
4 and beginning July 1, 2000, shall contain at least
5 45% postconsumer material.
6 (iii) Recycled newsprint, until July 1, 1994,
7 shall contain at least 40% postconsumer material;
8 and beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least
9 50% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1,
10 1996, shall contain at least 60% postconsumer
11 material; and beginning July 1, 1998, shall contain
12 at least 70% postconsumer material; and beginning
13 July 1, 2000, shall contain at least 80%
14 postconsumer material.
15 (iv) Recycled unbleached packaging, until July
16 1, 1994, shall contain at least 35% postconsumer
17 material; and beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain
18 at least 40% postconsumer material; and beginning
19 July 1, 1996, shall contain at least 45%
20 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1998,
21 shall contain at least 50% postconsumer material;
22 and beginning July 1, 2000, shall contain at least
23 55% postconsumer material.
24 (v) Recycled paperboard, until July 1, 1994,
25 shall contain at least 80% postconsumer material;
26 and beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least
27 85% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1,
28 1996, shall contain at least 90% postconsumer
29 material; and beginning July 1, 1998, shall contain
30 at least 95% postconsumer material.
31 (2) For the purposes of this Section, "postconsumer
32 material" includes:
33 (i) paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes from
34 retail stores, office buildings, homes, and so
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1 forth, after the waste has passed through its end
2 usage as a consumer item, including used corrugated
3 boxes, old newspapers, mixed waste paper, tabulating
4 cards, and used cordage; and
5 (ii) all paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes
6 that are diverted or separated from the municipal
7 solid waste stream.
8 (3) For the purposes of this Section, "recovered
9 paper material" includes:
10 (i) postconsumer material;
11 (ii) dry paper and paperboard waste generated
12 after completion of the papermaking process (that
13 is, those manufacturing operations up to and
14 including the cutting and trimming of the paper
15 machine reel into smaller rolls or rough sheets),
16 including envelope cuttings, bindery trimmings, and
17 other paper and paperboard waste resulting from
18 printing, cutting, forming, and other converting
19 operations, or from bag, box and carton
20 manufacturing, and butt rolls, mill wrappers, and
21 rejected unused stock; and
22 (iii) finished paper and paperboard from
23 obsolete inventories of paper and paperboard
24 manufacturers, merchants, wholesalers, dealers,
25 printers, converters, or others.
26 (g) The Department of Central Management Services may
27 adopt regulations to carry out the provisions and purposes of
28 this Section.
29 (h) Every State agency shall, in its procurement
30 documents, specify that, whenever economically and
31 practically feasible, a product to be procured must consist,
32 wholly or in part, of recycled materials, or be recyclable or
33 reusable in whole or in part. When applicable, if state
34 guidelines are not already prescribed, State agencies shall
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1 follow USEPA guidelines for federal procurement.
2 (i) All State agencies shall cooperate with the
3 Department of Central Management Services in carrying out
4 this Section. The Department of Central Management Services
5 may enter into cooperative purchasing agreements with other
6 governmental units in order to obtain volume discounts, or
7 for other reasons in accordance with the Governmental Joint
8 Purchasing Act, or in accordance with the Intergovernmental
9 Cooperation Act if governmental units of other states or the
10 federal government are involved.
11 (j) The Department of Central Management Services shall
12 submit an annual report to the General Assembly concerning
13 its implementation of the State's collection and recycled
14 paper procurement programs. This report shall include a
15 description of the actions that the Department of Central
16 Management Services has taken in the previous fiscal year to
17 implement this Section. This report shall be submitted on or
18 before November 1 of each year.
19 (k) The Department of Central Management Services, in
20 cooperation with all other appropriate departments and
21 agencies of the State, shall institute whenever economically
22 and practically feasible the use of re-refined motor oil in
23 all State-owned motor vehicles and the use of remanufactured
24 and retread tires whenever such use is practical, beginning
25 no later than July 1, 1992.
26 (l) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall
27 study the feasibility of using recycled asphalt, rubberized
28 asphalt, concrete and demolition materials in road
29 construction projects undertaken by the Department. In
30 conducting the study, the Department of Transportation shall
31 (i) consider development of bid specifications to promote the
32 use of recycled asphalt, rubberized asphalt, concrete and
33 demolition materials, and (ii) analyze the costs and
34 availability thereof. On or before July 1, 1992, the
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1 Department shall submit a report of its findings and
2 recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
3 (m) The Department of Central Management Services, in
4 coordination with the Department of Commerce and Community
5 Affairs, shall implement an aluminum can recycling program in
6 all State buildings within 180 days of the effective date of
7 this amendatory Act of 1997. The program shall provide for
8 (1) the collection and storage of used aluminum cans in bins
9 or other appropriate containers made reasonably available to
10 occupants and visitors of State buildings and (2) the sale of
11 used aluminum cans to buyers of recyclable materials.
12 Proceeds from the sale of used aluminum cans shall be
13 deposited into a separate account in the State Surplus
14 Property Revolving Fund and, subject to appropriation, shall
15 be used by the Department of Central Management Services and
16 any other State agency to offset the costs of implementing
17 the aluminum can recycling program under this Section.
18 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.